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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mremap.2: MREMAP_DONTUNMAP to reflect to supported
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From:   "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
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Hello Brian,

Is this already merged in Linux?  I guess not, as I've seen a patch of 
yous for the kernel, right?

Thanks,

Alex

On 3/23/21 7:25 PM, Brian Geffon wrote:
> mremap(2) now supports MREMAP_DONTUNMAP with mapping types other
> than private anonymous.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>
> ---
>   man2/mremap.2 | 13 ++-----------
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/mremap.2 b/man2/mremap.2
> index 3ed0c0c0a..72acbc111 100644
> --- a/man2/mremap.2
> +++ b/man2/mremap.2
> @@ -118,16 +118,6 @@ This flag, which must be used in conjunction with
>   remaps a mapping to a new address but does not unmap the mapping at
>   .IR old_address .
>   .IP
> -The
> -.B MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
> -flag can be used only with private anonymous mappings
> -(see the description of
> -.BR MAP_PRIVATE
> -and
> -.BR MAP_ANONYMOUS
> -in
> -.BR mmap (2)).
> -.IP
>   After completion,
>   any access to the range specified by
>   .IR old_address
> @@ -227,7 +217,8 @@ was specified, but one or more pages in the range specified by
>   .IR old_address
>   and
>   .IR old_size
> -were not private anonymous;
> +were part of a special mapping or the mapping is one that
> +does not support merging or expanding;
>   .IP *
>   .B MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
>   was specified and
> 

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Alejandro Colomar
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